Transit : When Planets Cross the Sun (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)

Transit : When Planets Cross the Sun (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)

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Book Description
Although transits of planets across the Sun are rare (only Mercury and Venus orbit the Sun closer than us, and so can transit the Sun's disc) amateur astronomers can observe, record and image other kinds of transit, which are very much more frequent. Transit is in two parts, the first telling the fascinating story of the early scientific expeditions to observe transits. The second part is for practical observers, and explains how to observe transits of all sorts - even transits of aircraft as they fly between the observer and the Sun!

Book Info
Discusses the transit of Venus across the face of the sun that last occured in 1882 and is scheduled to occur in 2004. Explains how to observe transits of all sorts. Softcover. DLC: Transits.

Transit: When Planets Cross the Sun (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series),Michael Maunder,Patrick Moore,Springer,1852336218,Astronomy - General,Astronomy - Solar System,Practical And Spherical Astronomy,Science,Science/Mathematics,Transits,Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods,Planets & asteroids,Popular astronomy,Science / Astronomy

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